On this day in 1883 James Ritty and John Birch were granted the patent for CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR. U.S. Patent No. 271,363.
This invention relates to an improvement in cash registers and indicators designed for the use of store-keepers and others as a means of accurately registering the total cash receipts for any given period of time-as a day, for instance-and for indicating to the customers that the amount paid has been registered by disclosing to their view such amounts upon figured tablets.
The arrangement of the parts and operation of the machine are such that no tablet can be exhibited without its value being counted upon the registering mechanism, and whenever any tablet is disclosed it remains so until the machine is operated to disclose a second tablet.
